Jerry Lin, Ph.D., P.E.
Jerry Lin, Ph.D.
Associate Provost for Research & Sponsored Programs
University Professor and Scholar of Environmental Engineering
Ann Die-Hasselmo Faculty Scholar
Phone: (409) 880-8761
E-mail: Jerry.Lin@lamar.edu
Office: Cherry Bldg., Rm. 2211
Education
- Postdoctoral Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA, 1999
- Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 1998
- M.S., Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, 1995
- B.S., Chemical Engineering, Tatung University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1991
Awards & Honors
- Member of Modeling Group, Global Mercury Assessment, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2016 - present. Co-Author of UNEP Global Mercury Assessment Report 2018 (completed) and 2023 (in preparation).
- Included in Stanford University’s 2021 World's Top 2% Scientists List. (), 2022.
- Guest Editor, Atmosphere: Special Issue – Metal Pollution in the Atmosphere – Vol. II, 2021-2022.
- Expert Panel Reviewer, Small Business Innovation Research – Phase II, USEPA, 2019.
- Guest Editor, Science of the Total Environment: Special Issue – Mercury Cycling and Bioaccumulation in a Changing Environment, 2018-2019.
- Co-Editor, Atmosphere: Special Issue – Metal Pollution in the Atmosphere, 2017-2018.
- Expert Panel Reviewer, Science to Achieve Results, USEPA, 2018.
- Expert Panel Reviewer, People, Prosperity, and the Planet, USEPA, 2018.
- Session Chair, “Modeling of Atmospheric Mercury,” the 12th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Jeju, Korea, June 2015.
- Expert Panel Reviewer, National Center for Sustainable Water Infrastructure, USEPA, 2015.
- Chair of the Conference Opening Plenary Session, the 17th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, September 22-25, 2014.
- Member, USEPA Science Advisory Board (SAB), Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Power Plants, 2011 - 2014.
- Expert Panel Reviewer, USEPA Studies to Achieve Results (STAR) Grant, 2014.
- Expert Panel Reviewer, USEPA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant, 2013.
- Research Fellowship Award, K. C. Wong Education Foundation, Hong Kong, 2013.
- Invited Speaker, Gloyna Breakfast, Texas Water Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2012.
- Expert Reviewer, the USEPA Occupational Mercury Exposure Models, 2010-2011.
- Expert Panel Reviewer, National Science Foundation Career Award review panel, 2010.
- Session Chair, "Modeling and Measurements to Characterize Mercury Transport and Deposition," the 9th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Guiyang, China, June 7-11, 2009.
- Panelist, Texas Mercury Impaired Water Workgroup, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), 2009.
- Expert Reviewer, USEPA air pollutant source apportionment tools for air quality models (Community Multi-Scale Air Quality Modeling System, CMAQ, and Comprehensive Air Quality Model with Extensions, CAMx), 2008.
- Plenary Speaker, “Mercury Rising – An Exploration of Issues,” the 24th International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies, Galveston, Texas, May 12, 2005.
- Expert Reviewer, USEPA Clean Air Mercury Rule (CMAR) Receptor Modeling for mercury wet deposition, October 2005.
- University Research Forum Award, Texas Water Conference, 2004 and 2005.
- Member of Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) of Hydraulics and Environment, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), 2000-2009.
- Member of Science Coordinating Committee, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 2003-2008.
- Chair, Atmospheric Chemistry Section, the 6th International Conference of Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Minamata, Japan, October 2001.
- Expert Reviewer, the Texas Solid Waste Management Strategy, Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission, 2000.
- Highest Score in the April 2000 Professional Engineer License Exam in Environmental Engineering, State of Ohio, 2000.
- Gill Master Award for Young Investigator, Gill Foundation, 2000.